Showing posts with label grog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grog. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote-- Part 1: No Grog For You!!
From Wikipedia.
September 12, 1806 to June 26, 1863.
As a child was not a good student but showed interest in going to sea. His father had him appointed to the USMA at West Point, but after just six months, he left and became a midshipman in the U.S. Navy.
From 1822 to 1843, he served in the Caribbean, Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Served on the USS Grumpus and while on the USS John Adams, circumnavigated the globe. While on the USS Cumberland, he started a temperance group and became a big reason why the daily grog ration ceased in the U.S. Navy,
--Old B-Runner
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Naval Happenings 150 Years Ago: July 11th to 14th ,1862-- No More Grog!!
Heading out of town for awhile and I don't want to bring that really big Civil War Naval Chronology book with me so will proceed ahead a bit.
JULY 11TH
President Lincoln appreciated the role of the Navy recommended Congress pass a vote of thanks for Captains Lardner, Davis and Stringham and to Commanders Dahlgren, D.D. Porter and Rowan.
Congress passed an act for the relief of relatives of the officers and men who died on the USS Cumberland and Congress when the CSS Virginia attacked them four months earlier.
JULY 13TH
Commodore Davis of the James River Flotilla reports his ships covering transports and flanks of the Union Army. He also wanted some Congreve rockets to drive Confederate sharpshooters out of the woods. The Congreve rockets were the "rockets red glare" in the Star-Spangled Banner and still in use.
JULY 14TH
Congress passed an act abolishing the spirit ration in the Navy. From now on, the only spirits allowed on ships were for medicinal purposes. However, to make up for it (obviously an unpopular move with the men) everyone entitled to it would receive an extra five cents per day pay.
Old B-Runner
JULY 11TH
President Lincoln appreciated the role of the Navy recommended Congress pass a vote of thanks for Captains Lardner, Davis and Stringham and to Commanders Dahlgren, D.D. Porter and Rowan.
Congress passed an act for the relief of relatives of the officers and men who died on the USS Cumberland and Congress when the CSS Virginia attacked them four months earlier.
JULY 13TH
Commodore Davis of the James River Flotilla reports his ships covering transports and flanks of the Union Army. He also wanted some Congreve rockets to drive Confederate sharpshooters out of the woods. The Congreve rockets were the "rockets red glare" in the Star-Spangled Banner and still in use.
JULY 14TH
Congress passed an act abolishing the spirit ration in the Navy. From now on, the only spirits allowed on ships were for medicinal purposes. However, to make up for it (obviously an unpopular move with the men) everyone entitled to it would receive an extra five cents per day pay.
Old B-Runner
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